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5 Reasons Why Peter Molyneux is a Knob

Gavin of Kokugamer.com writes: 'Before berating the man it should be made clear that no one gets to the point that Peter Molyneux has without outputting something worthwhile. With that said, he has also produced an equal, if not greater, amount of duds able to lull even the most patient gamer to sleep. He certainly draws a crowd but for who many consider to be a poor man's Sid Meier, the crowds are often eager to find out what he has screwed up now.'

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Ziriux5169d ago

Heheh, I must say I got my laptop wet with saliva after reading the last reason. It's mean but kind of true, and yea I agree, the man is the biggest hype machine ever.

meetajhu5169d ago

Whoever wrote it is a person who is like me. PM is bulls***

ThanatosDMC5169d ago

He always under delivers with the games he makes. False advertising or just false hyping... i dunno what you call his BS.

Aaroncls75169d ago

Gah, that was a fun read.

I would like to see is Dennis Dyack vs Peter Molyneux in a lucha libre ring with feces and used tampoons.

ThanatosDMC5169d ago

They might actually love to sleep or live in that crap.

Gen0ne5169d ago

But we've since moved on to the far deadlier and less disgusting harpoons. Used tampoons only seemed to gross the whales out.

ChozenWoan5169d ago

This is not the droid your looking for...
Milo is a real little boy...
... <.<
... >.>
... <.<
... and he wont call the cops.

FragGen5169d ago

If N4G would stop reporting every idiotic thing he says as "news" no one would have an opinion on this guy. I almost submitted a "Peter Molyneaux: Natal development requires a fresh, hot, Spicy Chicken Sandwich in order to continue" news article as a joke the other day just to see if N4G would approve it but I was scared they would.

BattleAxe5169d ago

Molyneux is a knob indeed......indeed

unknownhero11235169d ago

it's fun to shoot at him in the xbla version of perfect dark.

but seriously, the dude is crazy.

Eddie201015169d ago

He hasn't done anything I would call great since Populous, Syndicate, and Dungeon Keeper and its been quite a while since those came out.

beardpapa5166d ago

After reading about Black & White. So true. A girl gamer and I got BW and BW2, and though we both liked the games, we felt they fell really short on what Peter promised. I remember before each of those games came out, he hyped them so much in the conferences demoing them. And it feels he's still at it.

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reddybrek5169d ago

I think the title alone is hilarious..

Ziriux5169d ago

Yea, he had me at "knob", and the he looks like a peni5 reason yea, that had me rollin.

badz1495168d ago

when I was wondering what's "knob"? but it sure sounds hilarious! and PM is a crazy hype machine, even he can't believe himself anymore!

aedwards895169d ago

Peter, is good at selling and that is why MS has him under them. While the first Fable introduced a interesting experience with a english tone, the second Fable wasn't not a mile stone in any way and with the 3rd one he is just selling it to be bigger than anything while in reality it's not.

Cinotix5169d ago

Hahhahah at the last reason "He looks like a peni5".

RadientFlux5169d ago

Sure Peter may have a problem with hype, but other than that he is one of the top game developers in the world.

edhe5169d ago

He's not made a game i haven't enjoyed.

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Two Decades Later, the Original Splinter Cell is Still a Masterpiece

They don't make games like this anymore.

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vgvill1d 12h ago

Too dated in my book. The AI is way too unpredictable to be acceptable today. It's definitely a game of its time.

Jingsing1d 9h ago (Edited 1d 9h ago )

Agreed with those sentiments. The quality of the CPU controlled characters make or break a stealth game and they are pretty poor in all the Splinter Cell games by today's standard. This is what led me to playing Spies vs Mercs all the time in later games just to get a better stealth experience from a real person. Arguably Sony are making better stealth games albeit not Tom Clancy stuff.

TheProfessional1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

You should stick with fortnite or one of the countless bloodborne style games then. What a joke.

rlow11d 5h ago

I had a good time with the game. It is a product of its time. But when it came out it was a must have game for a lot of people. I wish Ubisoft would make another game in the series or at least a reboot.

vgvill1d 3h ago

They are making a remake, I think. I loved the original game when it was released, but I tried to play it again in recent years and just couldn't get on with it. The same with the older Hitman games.

PrecursorOrb1d 3h ago

Yeah chaos theory still holds up though I gotta say. If you’re a fan of the series I highly suggest you go back to that one. Ubi has said they are remaking sc for “modern audiences”. I don’t have a lot of faith for the future of that company

Chocoburger20h ago(Edited 20h ago)

Due to the lack of modern stealth games, and me constantly playing the MGS series, I've been looking for alternative stealth games to play, and went back and re-played the SC series recently. I wouldn't call SC1 or SC:PT masterpieces, there are AI issues, they're very much trial-and-error games, and that can lead to a lot of frustration. I also found the stories in this series to be boring, uninteresting, and just sloppily told. Cinematics are also of poor quality for both in-game scenes and CG cut-scenes, the soundtrack didn't leave any impression on me either.

Chaos Theory is better, but there was still a lot of room for improvement, and Double Agent (old gen ver.) was a sloppy mess that ended up a regression from CT. But still, at least they tried back then, these days Ubi-junk doesn't even try to make good games!

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A Matter Of Trust: What The Game Industry Should Do To Win Gamers Back

Skewed and Reviewed have written an Opinion Piece covering issues in the gaming industry, how current issues were issues years ago, and what can be done to help restore consumer trust.

anast6d ago

Nothing. It's up to the gamers to stop consuming content from companies that they don't agree with.

Garethvk6d ago

How do you know if you agree with it or not unless you play it? Which without conventions forces gamers to rely on trailers. Perhaps Demos should be made more frequently. But companies need to do better as well.

anast6d ago

Wait until release. Watch Gameplay. Exercise patience.

Garethvk6d ago

But is that not what they have now? Tons of gameplay or are you talking about watching actual gamers play it versus the trailers and streams? The big issue is that some companies pay streamers and influencers and they create content but for me; that is hardly a fair, unbiased, and factual look at a game.

1nsomniac6d ago

Get rid of the suits in the industry and job done!!

Garethvk6d ago

They usually are attached to the money sadly. It would be nice to have gamers in charge but you have so much money invested that business people are needed. Hence the issue; you need people who know business but are also gamers who know have an eye to the community. It sounds simple in theory that if you give gamers quality games that they want to play; money will be made. But that is not always so.

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From The Last of Us to Baldur's Gate 3: The success of the Game Music Festival

Marie Dealessandri speaks to Borislav Slavov and Gustavo Santaolalla about “the new golden age of games music”.

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